Get Creative With Custom Woven Patches

Woven patches, also known as woven badges or clothing patches, are decorative patches used on clothing, hats, bags, and more. What makes a woven patch different from a woven label is that the design is woven onto a paper backing, making it much sturdier and more suitable to be sewn onto items as a patch.

Just like our woven labels, they are made by weaving fine threads together to form your design, giving them a unique textural appearance. Woven patches are known for their high level of detail, sharp colours, and durability. Each patch can be produced in various shapes, sizes, colours, and edge finishings, making them highly customisable and perfect for a wide variety of applications.

Woven patches are a popular way to customise uniforms and garments and are commonly used on clothing, bags, hats, and other fabric items. Businesses and organisations use patches to add logos, emblems, and team names to uniforms, making them a great choice for sports teams, military units, motorcycle clubs, schools, and activity clubs. On the image you can see the Woven Patch "J&B" with a flat edge.

Another popular use for woven patches is amongst fashion enthusiasts and individuals looking to personalise their textile goods in creative ways. They make a unique addition to anything you wear.

Choose from the following application methods when ordering your patches:

• Sew on – paper backing only
• Iron-on – paper backing plus a heat-sensitive adhesive layer for textiles
• Sticker – paper backing plus a self-adhesive layer that is great for solid surfaces
• Single-sided velcro – paper backing plus the hook/rough side of velcro. This can be attached to soft surfaces like felt, or the loop/soft side of your own velcro
• Double-sided velcro – paper backing plus the hook/rough side of velcro which comes with an additional matching loop/soft side of velcro in the shape of your patch to sew onto your textiles

It's so easy to design and order your custom woven patches with Dutch Label Shop. Simply upload your pre-existing designs using our Woven Patches uploader tool and select from a wide variety of application methods, edge finishings, and your final patch dimensions.

Each patch is woven using a damask weave with up to twelve colours per design. All our yarns are high quality and professionally dyed to prevent color bleeding and fading on your labels and patches. Before completing your order, make sure you have added your custom care labels, size labels, and even swing tags to your basket!

When designing your woven patches you can choose between two edge finishes; a merrow edge or laser cut edge. Merrow edges are the go-to choice for vintage-style woven patches. They have a raised, stitched border around the outer edge of your patch and will give any patch a classic, timeless appearance while providing extra strength and durability. On the other hand, laser-cut edges offer a flatter, sealed edge finish. They are ideal for complex and highly detailed shapes and give your custom patches more of a seamless flow between them and the garment.

While most are more familiar with embroidered patches, woven patches are similar in both style and how you can apply them to your items, with just a few differing details. Embroidered patches involve stitching a design onto an existing fabric base, whereas woven patches are created by weaving the entire patch from scratch to match the design. This weaving process uses finer threads and less layering than embroidery, resulting in a smoother finish that captures intricate details effectively.

Though both options offer an eye-catching way to adorn garments and textiles, woven patches stand out as softer, less bulky, and are adept at capturing even the minutest details, making them our top choice for any application.